Dødssnødjo
Coordinates: 58 ° 49 ′ 39.8 ″ N , 5 ° 33 ′ 12.4 ″ E
Dødssnødjo is a Treudd ( Norwegian Treodde , a three-armed stone setting) in Sola near Stavanger in the Rogaland Fylke in Norway . Dødssnødjo is located near the sea, west of Sele, on a flat field. Treudds are not common in Norway (150), in contrast to Sweden (2800).
The Treudd of Dødsnødjo is about 0.5 meters high and consists of rolling stones that are arranged like a three-armed star. The arms are about 10 meters long. The outer end stones of the three arms are a little higher than the rest.
The Treudd was reconstructed in 1935 so details of its original shape are unclear, but the taller stones at the endpoints are likely epigonal. The Swedish archaeologist Anders Andrén presented the idea in 2002 that such systems symbolize the world ash Yggdrasil with its three roots. The ash is the most sacred place in Norse mythology.
This Treudd was not excavated, but a burial from around 300 AD was found in a stone mound in Karmøy , and in another on the cemetery at Kvassheim in Hå one was found dated to 700 AD. It is believed that Dødsnødjo dates from the end of the older Iron Age (500 to 600 AD)
Dødsnødjo is not the only cairn in the area, just 20 meters to the northeast is a roe , about 11.0 meters in diameter and 2.5 meters in height and a small crater dug into its top.
Nearby are the Rægehaugen and the Domsteinane .
Remarks
- ^ Anders Andrén: I skuggan av Yggdrasil: Trädet mellan idé och realitet i nordisk tradition . In: Ordning mot kaos - study av nordisk förkristen kosmologi . 2004, pp. 389-430.